Europe’s de-radicalization programs are being increasingly securitized at the highest policy levels. Although Daniel Kohler thinks that this trend is “understandable and overdue,” he also worries that it may undermine some of the programs’ counterterrorism functions. More

EU sanctions are typically imposed in conjunction with other outside measures. According to Thomas Biersteker and Clara Portela, that makes them vulnerable to the charge they’re illegitimate, particularly by the likes of the Human Rights Council. More

What explains the apparent failure of the United States’ Human Terrain System (HTS) program in Afghanistan and Iraq? Ryan Evans digs into his own experiences with HTS to identify its flawed recruitment processes, a broken leadership and organizational culture, and other obvious problems. More

Battle Network Competitions (BNCs) are by no means a new phenomenon. In today’s publication, John Stillion and Bryan Clark provide a detailed quantitative analysis of two long-running BNCs in the air and sea, and outline how their findings can be applied to future battle networks. More

In today’s audio presentation, Aubrey Hruby and Jake Bright synopsize their new book. As the above title suggests, the text predicts a more globally-connected Africa that will wield significant economic, cultural, and political power in the future. More

This week, our hard power-centered Security Watch (SW) series focuses on NATO’s required presence in the Arctic; Pakistan’s Operation Zarb-e-Azb in North Waziristan; the necessity of establishing a Regional Naval Forum for the disputed Spratly archipelago; the Indications and Warning dimensions of US Ballistic Missile Defense; and the growing securitization of Europe’s de-radicalization programs. Then, in our second, more wide-ranging SW series, we look at the potential challenges and consequences of the Iranian nuclear agreement; why the Baltic States should play a leading role in the EU’s outreach efforts in the post-Soviet space; India’s foreign policy under Narendra Modi; the UAE’s increasingly close ties with China; and the EU's approach to implementing sanctions.

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